User Manual
Table Of Contents
- First things first
- Your Acer notebook tour
- Using the keyboard
- Using the Precision Touchpad
- Recovery
- Using a Bluetooth connection
- Connecting to the Internet
- Near Field Communication
- Bluelight Shield
- Acer ProShield Plus
- Securing your computer
- Fingerprint Reader
- Face Recognition
- BIOS utility
- Power management
- Battery pack
- Traveling with your computer
- Universal Serial Bus (USB)
- USB Type-C port
- Thunderbolt 4 port
- MicroSD card reader
- Video and audio connectors
- HDMI
- Frequently asked questions
- Internet and online security
18 - Using the keyboard
USING THE KEYBOARD
The keyboard has full-sized keys, a numeric keypad, separate cursor,
lock, Windows keys and hotkeys.
Lock keys
The keyboard has lock keys which you can use to turn keyboard
functions on and off.
Hotkeys
To activate hotkeys, press and hold the Fn key before pressing the
other key in the hotkey combination.
Lock key Description
Caps Lock
When Caps Lock is on, all alphabetic characters
typed are in uppercase.
Num Lock
When Num Lock is on, the keypad is in numeric
mode. The keys function as a calculator (complete
with the arithmetic operators +, -, *, and /). Use this
mode when you need to do a lot of numeric data
entry.
Scroll Lock
When Scroll Lock is on, the screen moves one line
up or down when you press the up or down arrow
keys respectively. Scroll Lock does not work with
some applications.
Hotkey Icon Function Description
Fn + F1 Sleep
Puts the computer in Sleep
mode.
Fn + F2 Flight mode
Turns on / off the computer's
network devices.
Fn + F3
Brightness
down
Decreases the screen
brightness.
Fn + F4 Brightness up
Increases the screen
brightness.